Edward Snowden's Father May Visit Son in Moscow

Lon Snowden Thanks President Putin for Keeping His Son Safe

By

Lukas I. Alpert

July 31, 2013 10:20 a.m. ET

MOSCOW—The father of fugitive former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said the FBI had asked him to go to Russia to try to make contact with his son but that he declined because he feared he would be used as "an emotional tool."

Lon Snowden told Russian state television that he had been contacted by investigators "several weeks ago" about making the trip to Moscow, where his son has been...